Apple brings Samsung Galaxy Tab legal action to the UK

Apple has bought its patents battle with Samsung to the UK by filing a lawsuit against the tech giant with a British court.

Apple has bought its patents battle with Samsung to the UK by filing a lawsuit against the tech giant with a British court.

Samsung told ZDNet the legal action was a countersuit in retaliation to a case filed by Samsung against Apple in June this year. ZDNet said this bring the total number of lawsuits filed between the pair to 20.

Apple claims the Galaxy smartphone and the Galaxy Tab range of tablet PCs infringe patents it holds for the iPad and the iPhone. However, as the specific patents have not been identified, details of the suits remain unclear.

"It's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging. This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple's intellectual property when companies steal our ideas," Apple said at the time.